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Ordered on 23 May 1931 as part of the 1930 Naval Program, Le Malin was laid down by Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée at their shipyard in La Seyne-sur-Mer on 16 November 1931. She was launched on 17 August 1933, commissioned on 20 December 1935, completed on 1 May 1936 and entered service on 8 June.
Four ships of the French Navy have borne the name Le Malin ("clever one" in French, or alternatively "the naughty" or "the devil"). A cutter (1780–1786) A cutter (1795–1803) French destroyer Le Malin, a large destroyer of the Le Fantasque class (1931–1964) French ship Le Malin (A616) is a support ship from which the Commando Hubert operates.
During 21–30 October, the Force de Raid, including all of the Le Fantasques, screened Convoy KJ 4 against a possible attack by the heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee. On 25 November the 8th Scout Division, which consisted of L'Indomptable, Le Malin, and Le Triomphant, rendezvoused with the battleship Strasbourg and escorted her to Brest. [10]
Le Malin: Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne: 17 August 1933 1 May 1936 Scrapped, 1957 Le Terrible: Chantiers Navals Français, Caen. Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire. 8 December 1931 30 November 1933 1 October 1935 Scrapped, 1963 Le Triomphant: Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk: 28 August 1931 16 April ...
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She returned to Toulon on 26 April and then, together with Le Malin, Le Terrible made a show the flag cruise to northern Europe in May. On 1 January 1947, the 10th LCD was combined with the 4th Division of Cruisers into the Cruiser Group; during this time, only two of the four surviving ships of the class were active at any one time because of ...
A further ship (Auguste Techer) will be based at La Réunion and began sea trials in September 2024. These will be followed by three additional vessels, one more each at Tahiti, New Caledonia and Réunion. The ships are replacing the P400-class patrol boats as well as the patrol boats Le Malin and Arago in the Pacific and Indian Ocean regions. [2]
The French Navy was involved as well in the first half of 1944, with the 10th Division of Light Cruisers made up of three Le Fantasque-class destroyers (Le Fantasque, Le Terrible, Le Malin) making high speed sweeps in the Adriatic, destroying German convoys.